Monday, January 16, 2012

There’s a lot of movement in the Sweet 16 this week and many ranked teams suffered defeats last week.

There’s no change at the top, however.

Olympic and Myers Park’s girls are still enjoying unbeaten seasons and both still sit at No. 1 in the polls.

In the boys poll, North Meck’s continued strong play against strong competition has vaulted the Vikings from No. 5 to No. 2 after former No. 2 Northside Christian lost to a strong Davidson Day team Saturday.

Two new teams join the poll: No. 13 Concord Robinson, which has won nine straight games and No. 16 Hickory, off to a 15-2 start.

-- In the girls poll, No. 4 Hickory and No. 5 Ardrey Kell jumped three spots each and unbeaten North Stanly joined the poll at No. 16.

Dropped out: Northwestern, S.C. (4A, 12-3). On the bubble: Alexander Central (4A, 12-4); Forest Hills (2A, 10-3); Freedom (3A, 12-5); North Iredell (3A, 11-5). Records are through Friday’s games.Note: To be ranked in the Observer’s Sweet 16, a team must be in the newspaper’s coverage area, must field football and basketball teams and not allow a student-athlete to re-class once they’ve started ninth grade. For a detailed look inside the poll, including the criteria used to compile it, visit this link: http://bit.ly/prNoYM

This poll means nothing, just one persons opinion. Check out max preps or nc rivals and they have more accurate rankings. They base the rankings based on strength of schedule, record, head-to-head etc. Criteria for this poll is not even followed. Why are Lancaster, Hickory, North Rowan, Bandys and Carson in these opinion polls, doesn't make sense.